Vivid Sydney Food ★ 4.7
Sydney's annual food and light festival. Vivid Fire Kitchen relocates to Barangaroo Reserve in 2026 with 60+ chefs cooking over open flame across 23 nights.
Focus: Modern Australian and international
Food festivals in Sydney worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Good Food Month ★ 4.6
Sydney's monthlong food festival in October from the Good Food Guide team. Long lunches, chef collaborations and the Night Noodle Markets at Hyde Park.
Focus: Modern Australian
Night Noodle Markets ★ 4.5
Pan-Asian street food market at Hyde Park, Sydney in October. Vietnamese pho, Singaporean laksa, Thai grills and Japanese izakaya across 40-plus stalls.
Focus: Pan-Asian street food
Sydney Lunar Festival ★ 4.5
Sydney's two-week Lunar New Year food and culture festival across Haymarket Chinatown and the CBD. Banquets, dragon dance, lantern walks and dumpling stalls.
Focus: Chinese and Southeast Asian
Lakemba Ramadan Nights ★ 4.7
Ramadan food market on Haldon Street and The Boulevarde, Lakemba, Sydney. Lebanese, Bangladeshi, Afghan and Pakistani street food, Thu-Sun 6pm-2am.
Focus: Middle Eastern and South Asian
Bastille Festival Sydney ★ 4.4
Sydney's four-day Bastille Day food festival at Circular Quay and The Rocks, Sydney. French wine, cheese, charcuterie, oysters and live cabaret programming.
Focus: French
Good Food and Wine Show Sydney ★ 4.3
Three-day food and wine consumer show at ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour. Cheese, charcuterie, hatted-restaurant chef demos and Australian wine producer stalls.
Focus: Modern Australian wine and food
Sydney Cellar Door ★ 4.4
Two-day NSW Wine Month festival at Tallawoladah Lawn and First Fleet Park, The Rocks. 40 NSW wineries from 16 regions pour by the glass with harbour views.
Focus: Australian wine and food
Vivid Fire Kitchen ★ 4.6
Vivid Sydney's open-fire dining program on Stargazer Lawn, Barangaroo Reserve, in 2026. Free entry, Australian chefs cooking over open flame across 23 nights.
Focus: Open-fire Modern Australian
Auburn Iftar Fair ★ 4.4
Auburn's Ramadan iftar street fair on Auburn Road, Sydney. Turkish gozleme, Persian kebabs and Pakistani biryani across one weekend, 7pm to midnight.
Focus: Turkish, Persian and Middle Eastern